Alpo Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 I was reading this cartoon, and was thinking that if I needed to call my wife or my daughter or my friend or whatever and I did not have my phone with all those people in the contact list, I was SOL. Back in the long ago time, when everyone had a landline, you could call 411 and the operator would look the number up for you. And unless the person you was looking for had paid extra to have an unlisted number, the operator would tell you what it was. Then they would offer to dial it for you for another 50 cents. Do they have anything like that now, for cell phones? I'm unaware of such a thing, but there's a lot of stuff out there that "I didn't know they did that". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Robocaller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 I just ask Siri to call whatever. “Get me the number for Joe’s lumber yard”, call my “wife’s name”, find a number for “Sam Smith” etc. if there is more than one listing I will narrow it down by giving approximate location such as city or “Sam Smith on Main Street” Regards Gateway Kid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Back in the day, Ma Bell and the baby Bells controlled all the numbers. They would even charge extra for having an unlisted number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Call 411 and find out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 I use DuckDuckGo and search. If I can’t find the number I usually don’t bother searching any further. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 You mean you do not carry a little black book any more...I still carry a piece of paper with numbers written on it...Nothing is programed on my phone....Would not know how to get them any way... Texas Lizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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